{"product_id":"saint-johns-abbey-church-marcel-breuer-and-the-creation-of-a-modern-sacred-space-9780816676163","title":"Saint Johns Abbey Church  Marcel Breuer and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Victoria Young has written an engaging history of Marcel Breuer’s Saint John’s Abbey Church. Her insights into the dynamics of the design process and of the relationships among clients, architects, and contractors make \u003ci\u003eSaint John’s Abbey Church\u003c\/i\u003e valuable to anyone interested in how great architecture comes into being.\"—Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Victoria Young artfully reminds us how, over fifty years after its creation, the architectural masterpiece, Saint John’s Abbey and University Church, still helps define modern religious design. Unfettered by the limitations of the past, Marcel Breuer captured the forward thinking spirit of the 1500 year-old Benedictine in order to create a worship space that magnificently reflects liturgically reformed Catholic architecture. Dr. Young tells the story of this historic collaboration with exacting precision, detail, and humanity.\"—Saint John’s University President Michael Hemesath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSaint John’s Abbey Church \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the relationship between architecture and theology\/liturgy in a detailed way, and contextualizes architectural materials and relationships between the groups involved in the building program as a stimulating and engaging story.\"—Paul Eli Ivey, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Young explores in compelling details, photos and drawings what a massive, innovative undertaking the campus building projects were, with most attention focused on the building project’s glorious centerpiece—the abbey church.\"—\u003ci\u003eNewsleaders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cogent and compelling. The story of the creation of St. John’s Abbey Church is as captivating and instructive today as it was a half-century ago.\"—\u003ci\u003eArchitecture MN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Young’s book dazzles as an illuminating story of a critical episode in church architectural history, replete with lessons for architects in the present. With the astuteness that only a superior architectural historian could marshal, Young moves us through critical passages in the design dialogue between Breuer and the Benedictines.\"—\u003ci\u003eArchNewsNow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Young’s lucid writing style makes this book a page-turner, and its focus on a single site results in richly concentrated narratives that sustain interest throughout. Though the monograph is not biographical, the lives and character of the architect, artists and brethren are apparent in a manner that suggests Young’s own evident enthusiasm and affection for the site, which invigorates her solid academic expertise.\"—\u003ci\u003eArt and Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSaint John’s Abbey Church\u003c\/i\u003e gives an insight in the discussions about meaning, art, and liturgy taking place mid-century that influenced the design of so many of the other churches across America regardless of denomination.\"—\u003ci\u003eDocomomo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well-written and equally well-researched.\"—\u003ci\u003eCatholic Library World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Young’s book is quite handsome, and the archival material it unveils will likely appeal to students of Breuer’s work or high-modernist architecture in general.\"—\u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Young's narrative ability has transformed her careful research into a highly readable story, and the University of Minnesota Press has skillfully designed this book to reflect the artistic values celebrated in the text. Every architectural library and every library interested in Catholic art and architecture should possess a copy.\"—\u003ci\u003eMiddle West Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Bricks and Brothers: Establishing the Benedictines in Collegeville\u003cbr\u003e2. The Twelve Apostles: Selecting the Architect\u003cbr\u003e3. Building the Spiritual Axis: Breuer and the Benedictines Design a Modern Catholic Church\u003cbr\u003e4. A Ministry of Art: The Decorative Program of the Abbey Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: A Modern Liturgical Design for the Ages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIllustration Credits\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MP - University Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577615716695,"sku":"9780816676163","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816676163.jpg?v=1746095974","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saint-johns-abbey-church-marcel-breuer-and-the-creation-of-a-modern-sacred-space-9780816676163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}